Man Is an Architect of His Own Fate

Fate works in mysterious ways, everyone makes choices out of their own free will which affects their

In life, ones fate is already set. The choices one makes influence everything else in their life. Often, fate throws unexpected situations at you and one must learn how to interpret the reasoning behind it. Many believers in fate think for every bad situation that occurs a positive one will follow. Fate is something that you can’t control. All actions whether they may be in the past, present, or future occur because they are meant to. Everything happens for a reason, and everyone handles situations differently.

Fate determines each person’s will that believe it is meant to happen. In the book, In the

As the author said, sometimes the fate can be changed by choice you make. It encourages the reader that it is always possible to change and fix destinies before it is too late. One important quote that the author wrote is, “This book is meant to show us how... our destinies can be determined by a single stumble down the wrong path , or a tentative step down the right one." (Moore xiv).

Those opposing this theory would argue that accepting your fate is as good of an option as any. Evidence of this comes from Source F. The source states, “The spirit and urge to strive were dead within me. Fate had dealt me a cruel blow above which I felt utterly unable to rise.” This person’s crops were completely dead. There was nothing they could do to change that. Therefore, they should accept the fate and give up hope. In Source A, the author struggled to sell his writing. He states, “I saw it sharply because I was on the outside, writing books no one would buy.” The depression was in full effect, and the author was making no money because

These people had very poor food offerd them cuasing there bodues to be “thin and frail” as stated in document 7. Due to them being weak and frail many of them had poor immune systems cuasing them to be more prone to deasises. The laborers lived miserble lives working 12 hours a day and going home to poorly furnshex homes.

Although several aspects of life are predetermined, there are moments people have control over their fate. For example, no one has control over death, and even though many refuse their undeniable fate, it cannot be avoided. However, there are choices we make that mold our future, thus, changing our fate. On various occasions, there will be a fork in one’s path, and that person will have to choose which journey to take. In life, there are small, ineffective decisions you have to resolve, but there are also larger, life altering choices. Of course, others may feel the same way about fate, or entirely different. In fact, since the beginning of time, authors of literature have discussed their ideas on such matters, a few examples being Dr. Seuss, Charles Dickens, and Edgar Allen Poe. These authors, famous for their thought provoking literary work, provide differing opinions on the fate and destiny of a human being through the use of allegory.

Fate and free will are epic subjects in life. When we cannot control something we blame it on fate, but we try to change the way things are with our free will.

These people were held prisoners for hundreds of years with no knowledge on survival as far as taking care of their health and being able to maintain it,

Another major contributing factor for poor health is changes in diet and food resources because with the European settlements their foods were either destroyed or being inaccessible. Since the introduction of tea, flour and sugar they have become the staples of the community which lead to more and more diseases. “Diabetes and kidney failure are in epidemic

They were an agriculturally based community, meaning they lived off of what they were able to harvest from their crops. The Europeans drew 80% of their livelihood from agriculture, because of this, when the output of their crops was bad for the year, the entire community suffered and were forced to live off of what what was considered “famine foods” such as grass, bark and nuts. The famine food often made the European people very susceptible to illness.

    Fate seems to defy humanity at every turn.  A man may have his life planned out to the last second, but then some random force intervenes and he dies the second after he has completed his life plan.  Some believe in fate, believing that our lives are predetermined from the moment we are born.  Other people believe that everything is random, the result of some god rolling the dice in a universal poker game.  Still other people believe that each and every person is in total control of his or her destiny, every step of the way.  Who is to say which viewpoint is false?  Every culture has a unique perception of the role of fate in our lives, and no group has the "right answer," simply a

If everything we do is predetermined, then where is the incentive to reflect on ones actions, learn from mistakes, or take initiative? What difference will it make if we prepare well for the interview - if we are the ‘right fit’ for the organization, we’ll get the job. Our soul mate, if it is our destiny to have one, will find us. It is in God’s plan that Dr. Phil’s sister-in-law is disfigured for life, and it is not our place to question His will.

In the case that politicians do not live up to the ideals and criteria they were chosen for, a merit of democracy is that it allows the citizenry to punish these officials – not necessarily through extreme forms like impeachment, but perhaps by simply electing someone else in the forthcoming election. While, as previously addressed, not all participants in the election process vote based on truthful information, some citizens do. It must be remembered that not only those in authority

The self-made man is often portrayed as a story of rags to riches. A person who overcomes any obstacle thrown at him/her and defies all odds. These stories incite a reaction in readers, often leaving them in awe. How can a person become so successful, even though the universe is seemingly against them? The truth Malcolm Gladwell uncovered in his novel “Outliers” is the people at the top of the ladder did not have everything stacked against them. Gladwell says that there is no such concept as a self-made man. Successful people have been helped along the way by a variety of reasons, such as how wealthy their family was, to their birth month. While I feel that there is no such thing as a self-made man because circumstance and motivation are a key factor in how successful one becomes, I feel as if a person’s luck has a lot to deal with them thriving in their career.